Hang
Gliding Magazine Articles

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Five Years With a Powered Harness by
Richard Cobb

This
article contains information and reflections based on having owned a
powered harness for 5 years, together with "what I wish I had known"
from other FLPHG pilots. It appeared in the February, 2007 issue
of Hang Gliding Magazine

Foot Launching With
Power by
Richard Cobb

This
introductory article to flying powered
harnesses appeared in the
October,
2001 issue of Hang Gliding Magazine. It discusses the basics
of powered
harnesses and flying them and includes information on flphg (foot
launched
powered hang glider) harness manufacturers and suitable gliders.

This article is a summary of ideas from many different pilots
on how to
go about learning to fly a powered harness. It appeared in the March,
2002
issue of Hang Gliding Magazine

A Dynamic Analysis of A Landing
Flare by
Richard Cobb

Putting Your Mass to Work

This
article appeared in the August 1990 issue of Hang
Gliding Magazine.
It discusses the importance of body position and technique in achieving
a crisp flare, and presents a visualization technique to help improve
landings.

Returning
To Earth by Greg DeWolf

This
appeared as a two-article series in the July and August
1986 issues
of Hang Gliding Magazine. It is an excellent piece on all
phases
of the landing from approach to flare, and techniques to use when
things
don't go as planned. Posted by permission of the
author.

Column Failure of Bent Tubes by Richard Cobb

This
appeared in the June 1989 issue
of Hang Gliding Magazine. It presents some calculations on the compression (column) strength of control bar down-tubes, and the degree to which strength is affected by a bend in the tube.